Monday, July 28, 2008

There's a new search engine getting some publicity, Cuil.com. From BBC online:

Instead of just looking at the number and quality of links to and from a webpage as Google's technology does, Cuil attempts to understand more about the information on a page and the terms people use to search. Results are displayed in a magazine format rather than a list.

The company is also trying to set itself apart from Google by not retaining any information about what people search for.

Fair enough. But. I tried it this morning, with a search on "WRLT."** Our site was the first link listed, and the next everything else was from sites that filch Wiki information and republish with advertising.

Here's why I really don't like it:Compared to:Can there be any doubt which engine is superior? Hmmm?

About Me

Former morning DJ on Lightning 100, an independent radio station in Nashville, WEQX, in Southern Vt/Albany NY, and WQBK-FM in Albany. My fascination with music started with Nancy Sinatra and Tom Lehrer (thanks, Dad) and continues with today's young upstarts and others who push the art forward, sometimes swimming upstream.